A Descent into
the Maelström is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe that first appeared in the
May 1841 edition of Graham’s magazine. This tale within a tale
is told at the summit of a mountain climb. An old man, claiming he only appears
to be old, recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool during a
fishing trip with his brothers a few years before. “It took less than a
single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my
limbs, and to unstring my nerves.”

This story has been
grouped with Poe’s tales of ratiocination and labeled an early form of science
fiction.

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Listener Opinions

by Lisa | 6/14/2011

" I love Poe's use of language to convey the feeling of the Maelström.
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by This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For | 3/24/2010

" Another Poe horror tale, this one about someone caught in a giant whirlpool. Just didn't grab me the way his better works have.
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by Shelley | 10/29/2009

" I don't know how I have not read this one before now. I really liked it.
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by Lady | 9/29/2009

" My goodness! What a great read this is! I've read it a dozen times since the first time, and am still captivated!
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